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Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian whose work ranged from zoology and ocean...

Norwegian 19TH Century Polar Arctic

8.8 Great

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Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a British explorer, expedition leader, author, and former soldier. With Charles Burton, he comple...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

8.3 Great

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Børge Ousland

Børge Ousland is a Norwegian polar explorer known for long-distance expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1994 he...

Contemporary Norwegian Polar Arctic Antarctic

8.3 Great

4

Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge is a Norwegian explorer, author, lawyer, and publisher known for long-distance polar expeditions. In 1993 h...

Contemporary Norwegian Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.8 Good

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Otto Sverdrup

Otto Sverdrup was a Norwegian Arctic explorer who commanded the ship Fram on Nansen's 1893–96 expedition and later led h...

Norwegian 19TH Century Polar Arctic

7.7 Good

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Wally Herbert

Sir Wally Herbert was a British polar explorer, writer, and artist. He led the British Trans-Arctic Expedition of 1968 t...

20TH Century British Polar Arctic

7.7 Good

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Matthew Henson

Matthew Henson was an American Arctic explorer who participated in several expeditions led by Robert Peary and became on...

American 20TH Century Polar Arctic

7.6 Good

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Liv Arnesen

Liv Arnesen is a Norwegian explorer and former educator who in 1994 became the first woman to ski solo and unsupported t...

Contemporary Norwegian Polar Antarctic

7.4 Good

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Will Steger

Will Steger is a prominent American explorer, educator, and environmentalist known for his extensive and unprecedented p...

American Contemporary Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.4 Good

10

Ben Saunders

Ben Saunders is a British polar explorer born in 1977, known for long-distance Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. In 2013...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.2 Good

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Ann Bancroft

Ann Bancroft is an American explorer, author, and educator renowned for her pioneering polar expeditions. In 1986, she b...

American Contemporary Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.2 Good

12

Jean-Louis Etienne

Jean-Louis Etienne is a French physician, explorer, and environmental scientist recognized for his extensive research in...

French Contemporary Polar Arctic

7.2 Good

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Robert Swan

Robert Swan is a British explorer who became the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles. His expeditions...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.1 Good

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Felicity Aston

Felicity Aston is a British polar explorer, expedition leader, author, and former meteorologist. In 2012 she completed a...

Contemporary British Polar Antarctic

7.1 Good

15

Robert Peary

Robert Peary was an American naval officer who in April 1909 claimed to be the first person to reach the geographic Nort...

American 20TH Century Polar Arctic

6.9 Fair

16

Pen Hadow

British explorer who in 2003 became the first person to trek solo and unsupported from Canada to the geographic North Po...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic

6.9 Fair

17

Henry Worsley

Henry Worsley was a British Army officer and polar explorer known for expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton. He help...

Contemporary British Polar Antarctic

6.9 Fair

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Colin O'Brady

American endurance athlete who in 2018 became the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted without wind assi...

American Contemporary Polar Antarctic

6.8 Fair

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Fiann Paul

Icelandic explorer Fiann Paul has set multiple world records in ocean rowing, including crossings of the Atlantic, Pacif...

Contemporary Arctic Maritime Icelandic

6.8 Fair

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Aleksandr Brylin

Russian explorer Aleksandr Brylin is known for polar expeditions including traverses of Arctic and Antarctic regions, co...

Russian Contemporary Polar Arctic

5.6 Mediocre